pybars4 through 0.9.13 contains a code injection vulnerability in pybars/compiler.py that allows attackers to execute Python code via…
CVE-2026-119717
pybars4 through 0.9.13 contains a code injection vulnerability in pybars/compiler.py that allows attackers to execute Python code via unescaped bracketed path segments in Handlebars templates. Attackers can supply a template with a crafted segment in a helper or block argument to break out of the generated resolve() string literal and execute code in the application process.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 9.2 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Critical
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 30 October 2026
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
- Affected
- up9inc
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/vladko312/advisories/blob/702e98db9642ece70d9e2150076d8014ffec2db3/pybars3.md
- https://github.com/up9inc/pybars4/blob/0.9.13/pybars/_compiler.py#L153-L154
- https://github.com/up9inc/pybars4
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pybars4-through-0.9.13-code-injection-via-bracketed-path-segments
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